ἐξαμαρτάνω

examartano

miss the mark, fail

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Rhetoric 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1376b18
Book II 1
Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27

1389b16
Politics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 2 1289a26–1289b26

1289b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξαμαρτάνω, fut. -ήσομαι (-ήσω Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 13):—A. miss the mark, fail, c. part., ἐ. παίοντες X. Cyr. 2.1.16: abs., miss oneʼs aim, S. Ph. 95; opp. κατορθοῦν, Isoc. 7.72. 2. err, do wrong, abs., A. Pr. 1039, etc.; τοῖς πᾶσι κοινόν ἐστι τοὐξ. S. Ant. 1024, cf. Men. 15.1D.; opp. εὖ ποιεῖν, Lys. 25.16; ἔς τινα Hdt. 1.108, Lys. 12.20; εἰς τοὺς οἰκέτας Isoc. 2.5; εἰς θεούς A. Pr. 945; περί τινα Isoc. 4.110,9.24; ἔν τινι in a thing, Pl. R. 336e; περὶ τὰ μέγιστα X. An. 5.7.33: c. part., ἐ. διατρίβων Id. Cyr. 3.3.56: c. acc. cogn., ἐ. τι commit a fault, Hdt. 3.145, S. Ph. 1012, etc. II. Pass., to be mismanaged, to be a failure, ἡ ἐξαμαρτανομένη πρᾶξις Pl. Prt. 357d; ἐξημαρτήθη τὰ νοσήματα X. Eq. 4.2; πολιτεῖαι ἐξημαρτημέναι Arist. Pol. 1289b9. III. trans., cause to sin, LXX 3 Ki. 15.26,al.

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